The Rhine Maiden (The Rhine)

"The Rhine Maiden" is one of seven short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the twenty-nineth Saint book The Saint in Europe published in 1953. In keeping with the book's "travelogue" formula, the story is surtitled "The Rhine".

Plot
On board a train speeding across Germany, Simon takes matters into his own hands when he meets a Dutch father and daughter who have lost their life savings to a swindler. Includes a metafictional reference to the Saint comic strip.

Television adaptation
"The Rhine Maiden" was adapted as an episode of The Saint TV series starring Roger Moore and was first broadcast during the show's third season on 21 January 1965.